Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,757, Moses Downing, Mass.

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Downing Moses
S. 34,757
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4,843
Massachusetts Roll.
Capt Moses Downing McFarland Massachusetts Line — Corporal
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of a Massachusetts — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of December 1818 and sent to Stephen Minot Haverhill.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. \text{Libr. } \& \frac{29}{30} — 39:73. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: —
$ 87:73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1 3 3 7 Years —
Continued
Haverhill.
Moses Downing and Father 18 1804 to Haverhill Mass.

To the Secretary of the department of War, Sir, please to transmit the certificate of Allowance of my Pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot, Esqr. of Haverhill Mr. who will forward it to me.
Haverhill Mr. April 6. 1818
his Moses + Downing mark
Test Sam l Walker

34 757 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 757
Moses Downing Carp Rev 1870
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Moses Downing April 6. 1818 —
49
Correct by Roll The Judge omits the need
Moses Downing, private Massachusetts line, 6 April, 1818.
found on Massachusetts rolls.
Admired
For evidence relative to the reduced circumstances of the applicant, see evidence endorsement in the case of William Clough.
Stephen Minot, Esq; Judge, Haverhill, Essex co: Mass. Rec. 8. June, 1818.

I, Moses Downing of the age of 76 years, declare and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I reside in and belong to Haverhill in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: — That About the last of Dec r . 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier, for the term of one year into the Army of the Revolutionary war: — that I entered the service about the 1 st of January 1776 in Capt. Moses M c Farland's company in Col. Nixon's Reg t of Massachusetts troops, & served therein during that time out & then came home: — That About 1 st of April 1777 I again enlisted for 3 years, & entered immediately in Capt. Amos Cogswell's company, in Col. Weston's Reg t of Massachusetts troops, & served therein the time out, as corporal, & was then honorably discharged: — And very soon after I again enlisted for 3 years more & entered Capt. Bullock's company in Col. Sprout's regiment of Massachusetts troops: that I accordingly served therein till a short time after the War was over, & then was discharged by Gen l Washington; & left the service: — I also say that I have lost both said discharges; and that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from my country for support, and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
Moses Downing Moses his mark Downing
Teste Stephen Minot.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. April 6-1818 Then the above named Moses Downing made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me,
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
Whereupon it appearing to my satisfaction, that the said Moses Downing did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon to the secretary of the department of war. I also certify that I know the said Moses to be in indigent & reduced circumstances in life & in need of assistance from his country for support.
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

4843.
Moses Downing
Dec r 1818
Cont d 25 Sep
1820
Haverhill
em

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Moses Downing resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 4843 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Moses Downing late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War, by John C. Downing his son having the care of him, he having no guardian legally appointed appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
He has no estate real or personal, nor any income or property of any description excepting his clothing, having been a pauper supported by the town of Haverhill, County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts for five years previous to the receipt of the pension - He was 78 years of age in November last, and has been deprived of the use of his limbs for two years past and wholly unable to labor - For the last eighteen months in consequence of a paralytic affection he has been and now is helpless as a child and his faculties are so impaired as to be incapable of taking an oath -
I, John C. Downing of lawful age do depose and say that I am the son of Moses Downing within named, that for the last two years, and at present I have the care of him, and that the facts above stated relative to his property and infirm situation are to the best of my knowledge and belief true, and that from the feeble state of his faculties he is incapable of taking an oath or of subscribing the foregoing schedule - John C. Downing - Essex Gs. July 8. 1820 - Then the above named

John C. Downing made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me. Stephen Minot , Judge of the C.C.C. Pleas in said County of Essex
His services are as follows viz. About the last of December 1775 he enlisted as a private soldier for the term of one year and entered the service about the first of January 1776 in Capt. Moses McFarlands Company, in Col. Nixons Regiment of Mass. troops and served therein my term of enlistment - About the first of April 1777 he enlisted for three years and entered immediately in Capt. Amos Cogswells Company, in Col. Weston's Regiment of Mass. troops, and after serving his term was honorably discharged. He very soon enlisted again for another term of three years and entered in Capt. Ballard's Company in Col. Sprouts Regiment of Mass. troops and served to the close of the war, when he was discharged by Gen. Washington -

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon.
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, _____ do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
dollars  nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker